Name

Date

District

Name Of Mine

Remarks

Source

Liddy, A.

3 Jan 1897

Gympie

1 N. Columbia and Smithfield

Injured. Caught whilst landing bucket at surface. (Lost top joint of fourth finger on left hand)

1898/3/125

Lindgren, Andrew

7 Mar 1892

Charters Towers

Mount Leyshon

Injured. Fall of rock. (Slight contusions)

1893/3/661

Lindsay, Hugh

23 Jun 1890

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham No. 2 Shaft

Killed. Fall of a prop in the shaft owing to decomposition of the foot-wall; causing the injuries noted.

1891/4/340

Lindsay, John

2 Sep 1899

Chillagoe

Griffith

Injured.Lost three fingers and thumb of right hand whilst endeavouring to close cover of oil cup of eccentric. (Right severely injured)

1900/2/260

Linklater, George

18 Jan 1886

Charters Towers

Alexandra

Injured. Improper interference with signal. (Severely bruised)

1887/3/930

Little, George

17 Sep 1891

Charters Towers

Brilliant and St. George United

Injured. Fall of rock. (Scalp wounds)

1892/4/318

Little, Thomas

3 Oct 1896

Charters Towers

Queen Central

Killed. The signal-wire had broken and deceased stood in the bucket in one compartment trying to mend the wire in the other, and an accidental knock was given, the engine started and his life was lost. (Internal injuries)

1897/4/131

Littlemore, Stuart

7 Dec 1897

Texas

Silver Spur

Injured. Caught by cage when looking into shaft. (Face crushed)

1898/3/127

Locke, Louis

9 Jun 1884

Charters Towers

Rise and Shine

Injured. Fall of rock. This accident was not reported for which neglect, the manager was fined. (Severely wounded)

1885/3/86

Locklig, Christian

1 Mar 1889

Croydon

Huntingdon Crushing Mill

Killed. Caught in belt of pulley wheels. (Neck Broken)

1890/3/353

Long, Archibald

6 Jul 1887

Charters Towers

Sunburst

Injured. Rope broke and bucket struck sufferer. (Severe bruises on thigh)

1888/3/471

Long, Frederick

20 Aug 1890

Charters Towers

Brilliant Block

Injured. Pieces of rock fell from ascending bucket.   (Lacerated hand)

1891/4/341

Long, Henry

6 Oct 1894

Charters Towers

New Brilliant Extended

Killed. Sufferer had fired two holes which had been bored by pneumatic drills and thought they had exploded simultaneously, but after twenty minutes the other exploded.

1895/3/574

Long, James

30 Aug 1898

Gympie

2.S. Great eastern

Injured. Fell from brace which had recently been erected and where shaft was being sunk. (Wound on face and head and concussion of brain)

1899/3/420

Long, Patrick

13 Aug 1898

Gympie

2 S. Great Eastern

Injured. Fall of rock.  (Factured lower jaw and compound fracture of ribs)

1899/3/420

Long, William

14 Nov 1887

Etheridge

Cumberland P.C.

Killed. Fall of rock, sufferer died after amputation; these men were both injured by same fall. (Broken leg)

1888/3/472

Lonnay, Louis

21 Jan 1895

Charters Towers

Alluvial Claim at Brooks' Camp

Killed. Deceased was found dead in his claim crushed beneath a fall of earth.

1896/4/146

Lorraway, Edward

6 Oct 1899

Crocodile

Perserverance

Killed. Fall of ground. Sufferer was employed fitting an old shaft, but went below where he had no business and suffered.

1900/2/261

Loudon, William

3 Sep 1896

Charters Towers

Mills United

Injured. Whilst fixing skids at foot of shaft one slipped and a projection caught sufferer's foot.  (Injury to foot)

1897/4/130

Love, Ernest

13 Feb 1895

Ravenswood

Hadleigh Castle

Injured. Fall of rook in the drive. (Sprained ankle)

1896/4/146

Lowe, -

20 Feb 1888

Croydon

Emperor P.C.

Injured. Explosion while handling caps etc.  (Slightly hurt)

1889/3/537

Lowe, Thomas

19 Mar 1900

Ipswich

Dinmore

Injured. Sufferers working where a seam had been taken off above their coal and a piece dropped on them. (Broken leg)

1901/4/464

Lucas, Walter

19 Aug 1897

Charters Towers

Stockholm P.C.

Killed. Fell whilst climbing up underlie shaft. (Fractured skull)

1898/3/127

Luckley, B.

8 May 1888

Croydon

Monkland United

Injured. (A shock only)

1889/3/538

Luddon, William

7 May 1886

Wide Bay

No. 2 Pit, Q. Col. Co

Killed. Fall of stone from roof. (Injury to head)

1887/3/930

Ludovick, David

3 Feb 1888

Cooktown

Llankelly Mine

Killed. A sapling from the shaft fell on his head. (Fractured skull)

1889/3/537

Lynam, Patrick

29 Jan 1892

Charters Towers

Mount Leyshon

Injured. Blasting accident.  (Loss of eye and other injuries)

1893/3/661

Lynan, Frank

13 Feb 1897

Charters Towers

Black Jack

Injured. Sufferer (a boy) was sent to open the valve of the bailing tank at the brace and through carelessness missed his footing and fell to the ground. (Broken arm)

1898/3/125

Lynan, Patrick

21 Nov 1889

Charters Towers

Day Dawn Block and Wyndham

Injured. Improperly riding up shaft on loaded truck. (Dislocation of knee)

1890/3/355

Lynch, James

8 Mar 1898

Charters Towers

Brilliant and St George

Injured. Whilst resting in the face of his level a piece of rock fell from the roof. (Bruised thigh)

1899/3/418

Lynch, James

12 Oct 1896

Croydon

Croydon Consols

Injured. Engine-driver overwound, broke the rope and knocked sufferer down.  (Injuries to hip and hand)

1897/4/131